ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,959, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DROBOTICS LLC (Saint Petersburg, Fla.).

"Spaceborne neural network for unmanned traffic management" was invented by Eyal Stein (Sharon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A HAPS platform may execute a neural network (a "HAPSNN") as it monitors air traffic; the neural network enables it to classify, predict, and resolve events in its airspace of coverage in real time as well as learn from new events that have never before been seen or detected. The HAPSNN-equipped HAPS platform may provide surveillance of nearly 100% of air traffic in its airspace of coverage, and the HAPSNN may process data...